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A Room With a View

1985

James Ivory

Helena Bonham Carter, Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott, Julian Sands ...

6.7

8,103

Drama. Romance Helena Bonham Carter stars as a young Englishwoman, Lucy Honeychurch. When Lucy and her spinster chaperone, Charlotte Bartlett (Maggie Smith), travel to Florence, they meet an unconventional Englishman, Mr. Emerson (Denholm Elliott), and his romantically unhappy son, George (Julian Sands). After George makes the grievous mistake of kissing Lucy during a picnic in the Florentine hills, Charlotte rushes her back to England. Safely home, ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Vincent Canby The New York Times	"Blithely, elegantly funny (...) 'A Room With a View' is full of rich roles, splendidly acted (...) The real star of the film, though, is the very beautiful Helena Bonham Carter"
		Paul Attanasio The Washington Post	"The movie is masterfully designed (...) and shot in soft, natural light (by Tony Pierce-Roberts) -- it's a bath for the eye, an antique collector's dream."
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Usually, thought and passion are on opposite sides in the movies; this time it's entertaining to find them on the same side (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"
		Catherine Shoard The Guardian	"This is incredibly fresh and arresting film-making: moving and amusing, swooningly romantic and socially ferocious – nothing less than a full-frontal (in every way) assault on your soul."
		Clayton Dillard Slant	"A masterful example of how to take well-regarded literary source material, render it in a manner that displays the visual markers of middlebrow sophistication (...) and intersperse it with surface-level controversies (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Ian Nathan Empire	"The wit is what makes this film so much more alive than their other shapely but frozen adaptations (...) For all its magnificent looks, it is a film of delightful performances (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		David Parkinson Radio Times	"Everything about the production proclaims its class (...) There are longueurs, but the air of Edwardian charm is irresistible (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Variety	"A thoroughly entertaining screen adaptation (...) distinguished by superb ensemble acting, intelligent writing and stunning design."

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